Corporate Knights

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Letters

Corporate Knights

We can’t let greenwash make us lose sight of the prize • Millions of people investing in a more sustainable world can’t be ignored

Corporate Knights • This Earth Day, new evidence that the planet can be saved

GM, Volvo accelerate into EV curve

StoreDot battery charging speed and range • Lithium-ion battery maker StoreDot says its new batteries can be recharged in just five minutes – alleviating some of the range anxieties that consumers have about EVs.

Big banks financing global plastic pollution

Clean200 companies surge ahead with renewable energy revenue

Taylor Guitars sings praises of shift to 100% employee ownership

Advanced economies portfolio 10-year returns • An International Energy Agency report notes that while renewable returns are surging, reforms are needed to help level the playing field for investors.

Renewables rake in 700% higher returns than fossil fuels

U.K.’s Meatless Farm plants roots in cattle country

Unilever to support “living wage” and diverse suppliers

Is cancelling Keystone XL the catalyst Calgary didn’t know it needed? • Indigenous cleantech firms among those leading the shift that will be far more important to Alberta’s future than any pipeline

Banking on change • Canada Infrastructure Bank’s new chair takes the long view on shaping the nation’s post-pandemic future

Supplying the green wave • Can Canadian mines be a reliable source of sustainable minerals in the clean economy revolution?

Indigenous knowledge and Western science • How the two can work together to create progress in the environmental sector

How future-friendly are Canadian provinces? • The net-zero provincial report card was prepared with financial support from the Ivey Foundation.

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES LEADING THE CLEAN ECONOMY REVOLUTION • Indigenous communities are Canada’s largest clean energy asset owners, apart from utilities. They’re also a driving force for building back better in Canada’s transition to a zero-carbon future.

Renewable projects surge

COVID’s bear market • Pre-pandemic, Indigenous people were creating businesses at nine times the rate of non-Indigenous Canadians

Billion-dollar sea change • As Mi’kmaq become part owners of North America’s largest shellfish supplier, they vow to improve Clearwater’s sustainability record

Raven Indigenous Capital helps entrepreneurs take flight • After 10 years of working with government agencies, Jeff Cyr felt compelled to find a different path to economic reconciliation with social impact fund

Cheekbone Beauty more than skin-deep • Despite the pandemic, Jenn Harper’s start-up saw a 350% spike in revenue in 2020 by boosting Indigenous representation

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RESPONSIBLE INVESTING • Though 2020 rattled the economy, sustainable investing is booming

ESG BS DETECTOR: • Regulating the “greenwash” out of sustainable investing is critical to curbing growing climate crisis, insiders say

A SHORT HISTORY OF RESPONSIBLE INVESTING • Impact investing dates back more than 260 years

SHATTERED GLASS • Glass-clad buildings have been singled out as climate disasters. Can they be reformed?

Canadian universities on a long road to fossil fuel divestment • Once rooted in moral and environmental arguments, campus campaigns snag high-profile wins with financial case for going fossil-free

How do Canadian universities fare on divestment?

Bill Gates’s climate...